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HENRY SOIIIVESINGER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

REED-ORGAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,803, dated November2, 1886..

' Application filed March 30, 1886. Serial No.107,207. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY Sonwnsrncnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of llIichigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable ReedOrgans; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My present invention in organs relates to that class known asreed-organs.

The object of my invention is to simplify and make compact the parts, soas to construct a portable organ having full power and tone of a largeorgan, one that may be readily taken apart and carried by a singleperson; and my invention consists in the grouping together of parts, andin certain new and useful features, as hereinafter set forth, andpointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is aperspective of my invention in elevation. Fig. 2 is a cross-section ondotted line 1 1 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3is an enlarged isometrieal view of thevalves, reeds, and connecting parts. Figs. 4, 5, (i, and 7 are enlargeddetails, all of which will be fully set forth. V

L L are the legs, which I form of metal; E E, panel e nds,which Iprovide with a plush or like covering. A 11 the outer surface of thewoodwork of the instrumentl cover with. plush,giving it a soft andhandsome appearance. The cross-bar R is made detachable from the legs.The treadles TT are detachable from the crossrail.

0 c are wires or cords connecting the treadles with the bellows B B.

I locate on the back face of the panels of the legs the screws s, whichengage in notches c of the metal plates 9 g at each end of theinstrument,(see Fig. 3,) whereby on the raising detached, when they maybe folded with the body of the organ into a small compass.

K are the keys of the instrument, along the front edge of which I locatethe automatic swell S, being hinged at h to the front edge of the top orcrown-board, N,as shown in Figs. 2 and 6.

O is a torsion-spring,one end of which is attached to the swell, theother to the under face of the crown-board N, as shown in Fig. 6. Thespring holds the swell closed or in a vertical position, as shown inFigs. 1 and 2.

G represents the center-board of the bellows.

P is a port-hole through the center-board. I employ two port-holes, oneleading from each section B of the bellows. Over each port, on the backside of the center-board, is a valve, m, which allows the air to beforced by the action of the treadles on the bellows into thestoragechamber A, preventing its return.

II is the back of the storage-chamber, and h is a hinged parting-railattached to the bottom of the center-board, to which I attach one of theleaves of the spring 26 the other leaf being hinged at r to the back ofthe storagechamber. (See Fig. 2.) The leaves of said spring arestraight, and are placed one against the other, being attached togetherat the upper ends, as shown at c of Fig.2. Said spring is located in thecenter of the storage-chamber, and causes said chamber when not expandedto close up, as shown in Fig. 2, and offers a resistance to the airforced into the chamber when expanding, as shown in dotted lines of Fig.2. I locate in each of the bellows B B a like spring, t, but bend thelower ends outward in the shape of the letter V inverted. f

One end of each spring is anchored to the front face of thecenter-board, the other to the front board of the bellows, as shown inFig. 2, which causes the bellows to stand out or swell, the springsclosing up when forcing down upon the treadles, as shown by dottedlinesof Fig. 2. As the bellows B B are thrown open byithe springs t tthe air rushes in through the series of port-holes or indncts a 00. Avalve prevents the air from escaping through said ports when closing upthe bel-" hinged at f. (See Fig. 2.) Upon the back upper face of thecenter-board I mount the series of reeds r. I form in the upper edge ofthe center-board, leading to each reed,a val vechamber, Z. I mount overeach valve-ehamher a tilting valve, c. (See Figs. 2, 3, and 5.) Crossingeach valve at midway of its length is a rounded rocking bar, f, its endsprojecting slightly, so as to prevent the edges of said valves frommeeting each other, and to properly locate said valves over the ports Z,as shown in Fig. 3. I form along the rear upper edge of the crown boardN a longitudinal channel, '22, in which the rocking barsf are located. Iattach to the upper face of the crownboard a series of wire springs, a,their free ends pressing upon the valves directly over the ports, asclearly shown in Fig. 3, thus keeping said valves closed. Thecrown-board is cut away at a, to allow the valves to rock down at thefront end, as shown by dotted lines of Fig. 2,and clearly shown in Fig.3, by the pressing down of the keys.

0 is a crown-strip attached to the back H of the storagechamber. Hingedto the upper edge of said back is an elbow-shaped fly, F, extending thefull length of the back, and, by screws at a, is attached to thecrown-strip 0. Along the upper edge of the crown-strip O, I locate aseries of pins, 1'. Each key is provided with a reduced or arm port-ion,(I, through which passes a hole, i, (see Figs. 3 and 4,) and to saidpins the rear ends of the keys are anchored. I screw into the under faceof each key a pressure and adjusting screw, to, having a round head.Said screw bears upon the pad at the front end of the valve 1.

I locate over each valve a key, as shown in Figs. 1, f2, and 3. \Vhenthe keys have been placed in position, the fly F is swung from thedotted position of Fig. 2 to its normal position, and fastened to theback of the crownstrip 0 by means of screws of, thereby holding the rearends of the keys down upon the pins; and to repair or remove the keysfrom the organ the screws a are withdrawn, and the fly F turned back todotted position of Fig. 2,

when any or all of the keys may be readily taken out.

e represents a series of wire staples anchored in the upper face of thecrown-board N, below the dropping-point of the upper face or cap of thekeys, and between said keys, acting as spacers, preventing the keys fromcoming in contact with each other.

D is the end block.

'6 is a cord attached to the lower edge of the automatic swell s and tothe hook-rod 0*, which engages with the upper edge of the back H of thestoragechamber. By this arrangement, as the volume of air is increasedin the chamber, A, the back H is forced. out, and reaching the dottedposition of Fig. 2 it draws upon the cord 15, thus throwing out theupper edge of the automatic swell s, as shown by dotted lines of Fig. 2,and as the volume of air in the storage-chamber A diminishes the back His drawn to the vertical position of Fig. 1,when the torsion-spring 0will force the automatic swell to a vertical position. (Shown in Figs.1, 2, and 3.)

The crown-board N is attached to the upper front face of thecenter-board G, at right angles to said board, being supported upon therail e, attached to the center-board, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. Thecrown-strip G is attached by screws 0- to the center-board G; andyrepresents a section of the plush covering, which also acts as ahingefor the fly F over the back II of the storage-chamber, as shown inFig. 2.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with the center-board of the bellows of an organ, aseries of valve-ports, Z, formed in said center-board, and a series ofreeds mounted on said center-board over said valve-ports, and having thebellows and storage-chamber hinged to said centenboard,

with ports P and valves m, as and for the purposes specified.

2. In combination with the storage-chamber, the automatic swell hingedto the front of the crown-board and projecting over the front ends ofthe key K, and the mechanism connecting the said swell with the back ofsaid chamber, with spring 0 attached, as specified. 3. In combinationwith the center-board of the bellows of an or an, the valve-ports formedtherein, the reeds mounted on said board over said ports, thecrowirboard attached to said centenboard at right angles, having thelongitudinal channel a formed therein, the series of valves r, havingthe armsf located in said channel, said valves located over the upperends of the valve-ports, and the series of springs anchored to thecrown-board, their free ends pressing upon the rear ends of said valves,substantially as specified.

4. The combination of the center-board, the valve-ports Z, formedtherein, the reeds mounted over said ports, the crown-board attached tothe center-board, having the longitudinal channel and cut-out portion1), the series of valves,the springs actuating said valves, the seriesof staples c, anchored to the crownboard, the series of keys locatedover said valves, and adj Listing-screws engaging with said valves,substantially as set forth.

5. In combination with the centcrboard, the storage-chamber attachedthereto, the crownstrip 0, attached to the back II of said chamber,carrying a series of pins, 1', the series of keys anchored to said pins,and the elbowshaped fly hinged to the back of said chamber and adaptedto fold over the reduced portion of the keys, as and for the purposesspecified.

6. The valve u, having transverse arms f attached thereto,in combinationwith the crownboard having longitudinal channel and reduced portion a,the center-board G, having ports Z, and the series of springs a, mountedon said orownboard, their free ends pressing In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in upon slaid valves, as and for the purposesdepresence of two witnesses. scribec T 7. In combination with thecrown-board, the HENRY SCHWESIL 5 series of guardsc, anchored to saidboard, their Witnesses:

upper ends located between the keys of the in- R. B. WHEELER, strument,as and for the purposes specified. J N0. G. DOYLE.

